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arXiv:cond-mat/0109415 · Physical Review Letters

Spin Waves in a Bose-Einstein–Condensed Atomic Spin Chain

Weiping Zhang, Han Pu, Christopher P. Search, Pierre Meystre

Published Jan 25, 2002• 76 citations
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Abstract

The spin dynamics of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates confined in a one-dimensional optical lattice is studied. The condensates at each lattice site behave like spin magnets that can interact with each other through both the light-induced dipole-dipole interaction and the static magnetic dipole-dipole interaction. We show how these site-to-site dipolar interactions can distort the ground-state spin orientations and lead to the excitation of spin waves. The dispersion relation of the spin waves is studied and possible detection schemes are proposed.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.88.060401

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